Mrs Glass Appeals School Decision Over Emily Case
Letter from Minnie Glass protests Horace Mann principal’s decision to expel her daughter Emily after a dispute with a white girl. The writer thanks editors Dabney and Lewis for investigating, vows not to send Emily to Douglass School, and warns of possible jail if rules force a transfer.
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Myaughter
Ianop
Emily
Dabney
Lewis
Board OF Education
Douglass
Minnie Glass
Colored politics and civic club dreams in Cincinnati
An editorial voice laments racial politics of the era. It argues white neighbors quarreled but colored citizens did not yet receive their dues, predicts a lively upcoming election, and cites plans for a 1000 member Citizens Club with a grand clubhouse. Dabney signs off declaring plans to move east.
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Harry €. Smith
Cleveland
Business Men’s League
The
Elks
Citizens Club
Europe
Cincinnati
Dabney
Old Man Brown and Old Man Cole in Courtroom Conflicts
A Baltimore divorce tale contrasts a 60 year old groom and a 40 year old bride with a one night marriage. The groom claims age made him unsuitable, while another elderly man faces jail for neglect and vice. The piece hints at expert doctors Karr and Schooley as possible authorities.
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Baltimore
Lucy Cole
Preston Street
Frank Cole
Ures Hyusand
Cole
Brown
Andy Brown
Colé
Karr
Schooley
White Waiters Supersede Colored in Canada Rail Service
The Canadian National Railway order banning colored dining car crews and replacing them with white workers on the Montreal to Chicago International Limited has taken effect during its Toronto passage. The move prompted layoffs of colored waiters amid earlier remarks by Sir Henry Thornton on discouraging colored migration to Canada.
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Toronto
Canada
Canadian National Railroad
International Limited
Montreal
Chicago
Detroit
Esir Henry Thornton
Canadian Government Railway
Woodson and Bryant Named Judges in Debates
Document notes Beamon Gray and a young group, along with Rev Page, are considered too inexperienced to take a prominent part in the debate, with Woodson and Bryant acting as judges.
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Woodson
Bryant
Beamon
Gray
That Bunch
Rev Page
Brotherhood Growing in New York Porters and Maids Rally
The Porters and Maids chapter in New York shows over 600 new members, strengthening its ranks. Friday night at St. Luke's Hall, Randolph and 125 West 130th Street, Dr. Abraham Lefkowitz will address what is expected to be the largest turnout of Pullman Porters and Maids seen in New York.
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New York
Jmrob
St. Luke’s Hall
West 130Th. Street
Randolph
Abraham Lefkowitz
Pullman
Sen
Catholic Celebration Plans Red-Letter Sunday
Father Dukette a noted colored priest and Rev Leo M Walsh lead a色 Sunday Catholic celebration with a grand banquet at 8 p m under the Holy Name Society and Ladies Aid Society auspices to cap a historic local religious day.
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Father Dukette
Leo M. Walsh
Holy Name Society
Ladies’ Aid Society
St Paul Foundry May Hire Forty Colored Men
The American Radiator Company has promised to employ forty colored men in a new foundry to be opened in August.
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St. Paul
American
Assailant Captured After Attack on Young Girl
Robert F. Thompson, 54, of a farm in Muskingum County Ohio, confessed to attacking and strangling Gertrude D Ostroph, 10, at Coshocton. He admits a prior prison sentence in Kansas for an attack on a war veteran. He is a widower with five children.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Robert F. Thompson
Muskingum County
Gertrude D’ostroph
Thompson
Kansas
Gertrude D'Ostroy
D’ostroph
Sterling Hotel Plans Progressive Expansion
Mr. Phillips, proprietor, outlines future growth for the Sterling Hotel. Twenty five new rooms are being refitted and suites will be arranged at reasonable rates for visiting citizens. Rey Hinkins becomes manager and Mrs. Adge Reeder helped select a staff to ensure guest comfort and pleasure.
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Phillips
Sterring
Rey Hinkins
Adge” Reeder
White Pastor Pleads for Racial Harmony in the South
Atlanta white Baptist pastor Dr. W H Faust urges education and evangelism for Negroes as key to harmonious race relations. He argues white Christians should invest more in uplifting Black communities than in courts and jails, citing Christ’s teachings.
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Atlanta
South
W' H Faust
Christ
Georgia
Jesus
Auto Victim Charles Simmons Dies From Injuries
Charles Simmons a 49 year old Black man of 917 Barr street was fatally injured when struck by a car at Kenyonvenue and Baymiller street. He died at St Marys Hospital from internal injuries. A Colored citizen was captured for the killing.
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Charles Simmons
Barr Street
Kenyonvenue
Baymiller Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
Trotter Talks on Race Tensions Across Regions
Boston Guardian laments white supremacy split between North and South. Cites Cambridge shooting of a colored machinist by a white Southerner and the killing of a U S Army soldier in Georgia. Criticizes court acquittal and white insistence on color restrictions in property. Urges support for non segregation.
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Boston
South
North
Cambridge
Massay
24Th Infantry
Georgia
Aasia
Washington
Virginia
Michigan
New Orleans
Boston Guardian
Godfrey Contract War Heads to New York Boxing Board
Smith Williams known as George Godfrey faces a clash with the New York Boxing Commission over a lifetime contract filed by Dr. Frank A. Caffey of Mobile. Dougherty Rushes East reports claim Caffey touts miracle medicines and hypnotic treatment as factors in Godfrey’s future in the ring with heavyweight prominence at stake.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Pacific Coast News Bureau
Smith Williams
George Godfrey
New York Boxing Commission
Dougherty
Jim Dougherty
Geo Godfrey
Mickie Walker
New York
Godfrey
Frank A. Caffey
Mobile
Alabama
Caffey
Geo. Godfrey
Daily Press
Cone
George
Cincinnati's Colored Citizens by Wendell P Dabney
Dabney portrays Cincinnati's race relations and miscegenation debates in a sociological biographical work. The reviewer highlights Dabney's fearless journalism, advocacy for Black equality, and vivid anecdotes about miscegenation themes and a remarkable postwar era in which a legendary white aristocrat and his grandson figures into political history.
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Wendell P. Dabney
Cincinnati Union
Cincinnati
Lateadio Hearn
Dabney
Prediction proves George’s bold ring claim in Wiggins bout
The quote foresees a knockout of Jack Thompson in four rounds as George predicts. He lauds his own skills as a great doctor and notes the supporters he wore against Wiggins, priced at $100 each and sold by Caffey. The wearer is said to be invincible, a supposition echoed in the brief excerpt.
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Jack Thompson
Harry Wills
George
Wiggins
Young Blythe Wins mercy plea in Ohio murder case
Owen K. Blythe, youngest attorney, defended Albert Conley in Butler County Ohio for first degree murder of a policeman. After a week's trial and a four hour jury deliberation, mercy was recommended. Blythe argued with mercy, citing his background. Conley avoided the electric chair. Blythe has offices at Temple Court Building, Eighth and Plum Streets.
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Owen K. Blythe
Daily Papers
Albert Con
Butler
Hamilton
Ohio
Middletown
Conley
Harlan
Mr. Blythe
Our City
J. B. Connaughton
Blythe
Bach
Temple Court Building
Eighth and
Plum Streets
Catholic Eucharistic Congress Shames Protestant Ranks
The Chicago Eucharistic Congress brought together a million Catholics from every race and nation, with no racial clamor over accommodations. The event exposed Protestant hypocrisy and showed unity across the church, silencing calls for separation and proving the Catholic Church's broader appeal.
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Africa
Chicago
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